“I’ve given conferences for ages,” he said, “and we’ll usually expect some protesters. They’ll do Silly String or something like that.”

“We’ve entered this new world where the leftist protesters…” he added before someone asked him if her was a neo-Nazi. Then off camera, a woman asked him “Would you marry a black woman?” Spencer did not reply.

It was that moment when, suddenly, a hooded attacker landed a punch on the right side of his face and ran away.

Spencer posted addressed the assault on Twitter:

I was just physically assaulted twice by antifas. No serious damage. I can take a punch.